CONTACT:

Mira Panajotovic Vukelich

129 North Almont Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90048

Phone/Fax: (310)271 0819 Cell: (310) 918 4710

Email: panavukprod@hotmail.com

www.mirapanajotovicvukelich.com

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–Active journalist since high school: daily papers, magazines, radio, TV (correspondent, interviewer, reviewer, critic,)

–Sports correspondent for Peoria Star (3 years)

–Foreign correspondent for various Belgrade’s papers and magazines since high school (subjects: film/TV, music, sports, cultural events)

- Special correspondent for a leading paper/magazine in Yugoslavia (now Serbia) - Belgrade’s Politikal/TV Revija

- Producer, director and commentator of the Yugoslav Radio Hour on KTYM Radio in Inglewood, California

AFFILIATIONS:

- Active member of the Motion Picture Association of America, Inc. (MPAA)

- Active member and six years (2001-2007) Board Member of the Hollywood

   Foreign Press Association (HFPA)

WORK EXPERIENCE:

- Interviews, reviews for magazines, newspapers, radio and TV stations in Yugoslavia (now Serbia)

     and USA

Besides being a journalist and foreign correspondent, Mira Panajotovic Vukelich has been extensively involved in other  types of work (education, public relation, film/TV etc.) Refer to the

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Mira Panajotovic has been a member of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for twenty-four years. She has also served six years (2001-2007) on the HFPA Board. She feels that these years have been of twofold importance for her, - a Serbian journalist who writes regularly and since high school for Serbia’s leading paper/magazine Politika/TV Revija, as well as for other papers and magazines in the country. She stresses that this type of involvement has been giving her not only an opportunity to become aware of this association’s fundamental principles and function, but has also given her the pleasure to become in this world metropolis a family with other association’s foreign correspondents. Interviewing all kinds of celebrities, such as actors, producers, directors, various filmmakers and being among the first to discuss with them the films that are just to be seen all around the globe, Mira Panajotovic finds extremely inspiring and rewarding. Most importantly, she treasures the special privileges she , as a HFPA member, has , such as to continuously work with “super stars”, to watch young, talented actors grow into celebrities, and much more...

As an active journalist and a regular foreign correspondent for Serbia’s Politika/TV Revija, Mira Panajotovic Vukelich has assembled a valuable collection of hundreds of interviews and stories, as well as of photographs with practically all Hollywood film stars, musicians, composers, singers - all kinds of filmmakers she has met and talked to during the last three decades by either being the part of the routine press conferences, numerous awarding events and celebrations or by just arranging for private interviews with those celebrities at their homes, in various city hotels or just on their private tennis courts.

HFPA

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) is a non-profit organization, the members of which are international journalists based in Southern California The HFPA has about 90 members who disseminate information about movies and television to the world through their various publications throughout the word HFPA members attend more than 300 press conference-style interviews and countless move and television screenings throughout each year. The group also is famous for starting and continuing to co-produce the annual Golden Globe Awards, held in January each year, and for its philanthropic activities.Having been a member of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for twenty-four years and having served six years (2001-2007) on HFPA’s Board, has been of twofold importance for Mira Panajotovic, a journalist who writes regularly for Servia’s largest paper Politika/TV Revija as well as for some other papers and magazines in that country. She stresses, that this type of involvement has been giving her an opportunity not only to become aware of this association’s function and its fundamental principles, but has also given her the pleasure to become a family with other foreign correspondents in the association who report on a daily basis from Hollywood, the world’s film metropolis. Interviewing the actors, actresses, filmmakers and other celebrities and discussing with them the films that are just to be seen all around the globe, Mira Panajotovic finds this extremely inspiring and rewarding. Most importantly, she treasures the special privileges HFPA’s members have to continuously work with “super stars”, to, on a daily basis, watch young, talented actors grow into celebrities, and much more...       

MPAA

The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and its international counterpart, the Motion Picture Association (MPA) serve as the voice and advocate of the American motion picture, home video and television industries, domestically through the MPAA and internationally through the MPA. Today, these associations represent not only the word of theatrical film, but serve as Leader and advocate for major producers and distributors of entertainment programming for television, cable, home video and future delivery systems not yet imagined.

Founded in 1922 as the trade association of the American film industry, the MPAA has broadened its mandate over the years to reflect the diversity of an ever changing and expanding industry. The initial task assigned to the association was to stem criticism of American movies, which were then silent, and to restore a more favorable public image for the motion picture business. Today the association continues to advocate for strong protection of the creative works produced and distributed by the industry, fights copyright theft around the world, and provides leadership in meeting new and emerging industry challenges.